Marksmanship Hunter PvP Guide — Midnight Season 1

The Midnight Expansion brings huge changes for all Hunter specs, primarily focused on streamlining and simplifying aspects of the kit.

• Deathblow is now guaranteed to trigger from Rapid Fire
• After activating Trueshot, Trueshot is replaced by Wailing Arrow, a powerful cast that activates Deathblow

• Spotter's Mark gets replaced by the much stronger Sentinel's Mark
• Don't Look Back is now a flat 10% absorb shield that you get whenever Sentinel's Mark procs
• Maximum Focus increased to 125.
• After activating Trueshot, the Trueshot button becomes Moonlight Chakram which sends a glowy chakram that deals heavy AoE damage as it bounces between enemies. Choice nodes can cause this Chakram to give us Lock and Load and trigger Sentinel's Mark.

• Streamline is gone and as a result, Aimed Shot's cast time is much longer at a baseline of 2.5 sec. During Trueshot, this is reduced to 1.5 sec. Its damage has been buffed to compensate, but overall, expect a slower-playing, more sniper-focused and deliberate Marksmanship "feel" in Midnight.
• All of the Explosive Shot-related Talents are gone. We do keep Shrapnel Shot, which now triggers off Volley.

Midnight introduces new Apex Talents, unlocked between Level 80 and 90. Marksmanship gets:

• Take Aim
• Take Aim
• Take Aim

They cause Rapid Fire to reduce Aimed Shot's cooldown by 5 sec over its channel, and they also cause Aimed Shot to always Crit, but its actual damage is increased by your crit chance as well.

• Various crowd control abilities have been removed, including Scatter Shot, High Explosive Trap, and Entrapment.
• Concussive Shot has been enhanced by the new talent Improved Snaring.
• You now have Wing Clip by default if you do not take Concussive Shot.